TORONTO – When the Alberta-founded First Nations collective Young Spirit rolls into the Grammy Awards this weekend it’ll be a co-ordinated effort to rival any pop star’s massive entourage. Some members of the 16-person singing group will fly south on commercial airlines, while others who live in the United States plan to embark on road
READ MORETORONTO – imagineNATIVE and its partners, including the Indigenous Screen Office, announced the release of a research report entitledPathways to the International Market for Indigenous Screen Content: Success Stories, Lessons Learned from Selected Jurisdictions and a Strategy for Growth on January 31. This report itself presents findings of a major examination of Indigenous screen-based content
READ MORESchools in 15 remote and northern communities joined a virtual session with the first indigenous astronaut. Winnipeg, Manitoba — Last Thursday, 150 Grade 8 to 10 students from Winnipeg and the Wuskwi Sipihk First Nation, travelling from their community near Swan River, Manitoba and more, were given the opportunity to learn from and listen to
READ MOREBRANTFORD — Brantford Police are waring the public after they say three illegal dumps were found across the city, filled with by products of an illegal drug lab. Two locations were in the area of Spalding Ave and Golf Road. A third location was found near Edge Street. All three locations police say they found
READ MOREBRANT COUNTY — Grand River Conservation Authority issued a flood warning for several areas in the Grand River tract Tuesday. Mild temperatures Monday and Tuesday “triggered a gradual melting of the snow pack resulting in runoff into local waterways,” said the GRCA in a statement. Elevated water combined with ice jams has left a risk
READ MORESIX NATIONS — A Facebook post advertising a new “Georgia Peach” cannabis dispensary on Six Nations caused community uproar and police investigation leading to drug charges for two men. On Thursday, January 31 a social media post was widely distributed among Six Nations community members, advertising that the recently shut down Hamilton cannabis dispensary “Georgia
READ MOREBRANTFORD — Brantford Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing 19 year old female, Danielle Raymond. Raymond is a 19-year old female described as being 5’3”tall, 120lbs with a slim build, long brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen in the City of Brantford on February 1, 2019. Police say
READ MOREBy Victoria Petersen THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KENAI, Alaska _ Near Anchorage’s Ship Creek, a new bronze statue of an elder named Olga, a Dena’ina matriarch from the village of Eklutna, stands and overlooks land that was once a prosperous Native fish camp. Soldotna artist Joel Isaak, who is Dena’ina himself, worked on the statue for
READ MOREVANCOUVER _ After recovering from the trauma of being separated from her family as part of the ’60s Scoop, Roberta Price has co-authored a study that applies the same traditional methods that helped her to other Indigenous women. Price, who is an elder from the Coast Salish Snuneymuxw and Cowichan Nations, said finding her family
READ MOREOTTAWA — A national Inuit organization says it is disappointed in the Liberals’ new legislation meant to protect Indigenous languages. The Liberals tabled the bill Tuesday, two years after promising a law to promote Indigenous languages, which Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez says are on the verge of disappearing. The bill pledges long-term funding and to
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